Todd Stottlemyre Talks About the Mind Games of Rickey Henderson
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Former Blue Jays pitcher and 2x World Series Champion Todd Stottlemyre joined Canadawide Sports for their second ever Sports Lunch.
In this video, Todd describes the mind games surrounding Rickey Henderson, and how he learned to beat Rickey at his own game.
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I got a Rickey Henderson lead off home run ball when I was 7. It was the first pitch of the game he also stole 2 bases that game. Glad I got to see him live in his prime.
Man, I hope you still have it....Keep that ball..DONT SELL IT!..#priceless
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It's like Ruth or Gehrig man.
Don't ever get rid of that ball!
That's like a Babe Ruth ball
I always like to hear Rickey talk about Rickey.
1st game I ever attended it Wrigley Rickey was playing Leftfield for the padres and the fans out there were heckling him. next at bat he hit a home run flipped the bat and pointed to them when he was rounding second . then when he took the field in the top half of the next inning he got a standing ovation from the bleachers. That was Ricky Henderson. Most talented position player i ever saw play live
Nice story. Todd is sure a class act. Rickey Henderson would completely change the dynamic of a game, just by getting on base.
just by putting on his uniform
I agree 100%, although I am almost positive that Todd misquoted Rickey. He likely said “Rickey got you” lol
One of the most underrated HOF players. Quite possibly top 10 of all time.
In 1987 (not sure of the year), I saw him hit a lead off HR against the Tigers at old Tiger Stadium. He hit it to straight away center field. 440 feet, and cleared it easily. Now that I think about it, he was with the Yankees.
I loved watching him play throughout the rest of his career. Talk about a world class athlete that really took care of his body. #Legend 🙌🏻
May 9, 1995 at home vs the Mariners. Rickey Henderson did indeed come off the disabled list, pinch hit, take one swing to hit a walk off home run to break a tie and win the game.
Ricky Henderson when he reached base, put so much pressure on the pitcher and the defense. I have not seen anything close to it since.
The game is a joke today like the NBA
@@CP-kb1du sabermetrics improved talent scouting, but it also destroyed diversity of play. Now everything is exit velocity, launch angles, etc. I'm all for new school innovations, but some old school hit to contact, move runners over, hit for average instead of the fences and good old fashion aggressive baserunning are just some of the things that make the game better for the players and the fans.
Ask Mitch Williams
Two quick notes about Rickey. First, the speech when he stole the base to be the all time leader; unfortunately he botched it to make him look selfish. Second, Rickey was never too good to play in the minors. He extended his career as long as he could by accepting assignments in the minors to prove to the club he could still play. He loved to talk in the third person, he loved to trash talk his fellow ball players, but he was a very humble man and good to the younger fans.
I saw him at Cleveland in 1982 . The year he was unstoppable, Burt Blyleven was pitching. I was sitting close to first base with my teammates in high school. He gets on first base, Blyleven threw to first base a number of times and Ricky said “ Ricky is goin on the next pitch “ He did and stole 2nd easily. He then called time out and strutted around the bag to rub it in .
Awesome story. He was thought of as such a hot dog/diva when he played, but if anything he might've been underrated.
I got to go to two games during that '82 season when he was getting close to 118 and he was bigger than life and talking to us kids in-between innings just charming as could be and went 4 for 5 just transcending all expectations and basically the game at the time. He got accused of being a 'hotdog' by the visiting team coach that day, but it wasn't till we watched sports that night we heard Ricky's only Ricky would say it response to this, which was, 'Who doesn't like hotdogs? Ricky Henderson likes hotdogs. Hotdogs are delicious.'
Pure Ricky. off the cuff, irreverent, theatre of the absurd surreal retort, a metaphor that goes mad hatter bizarre instantly and all delivered in third person like a knighted King speaking his cosmic truth.
The prince of thieves who stole bases, the spotlight and our hearts.
Funny that he said Rickey loved talking to the fans, I went to a game at Yankee Stadium vs Oakland after the Yankees traded him back there. During a pitching change, Rickey came over to the left field wall and started talking to the fans
I played against Todd as an amateur growing up in the PNW for a couple summers of very competitive American Legion Baseball. Always had respect for him & even more now after hearing his story about my cousin. My times w Tony (Gwynn) before he passed were filled with incredible Rickey stories as well. Thanks Todd - Ronny
Todd Stottlemyer is a class act and he's right about Rickey. Best lead off hitter and base stealing playmaker to ever play the game and we haven't even discussed his power or his defense yet...
Grew up in Toronto as a Jays fan. Rickey single handedly destroyed the Jays in the playoffs - single handedly! When he was on our team, I knew we were going to win. Again, as a Jays fan, I also grew up watching in despair in the playoffs when George Brett beat us - again, it was him, in those moments that beat us. There are stats, when adjusted for the era you play in, show that George Brett was the best hitter ever. I can tell you without any doubt, there were two players in their prime that were better than anyone - Rickey and Brett - they were savages.
Poor Ernie Whitt in1989. Rickey Destroyed him.
Can you imagine George Brett on the 86 Jays?? I might have had a stroke. LOL
Reminds me of the 93 team. They can't win without Winfield, enter Paul Molitor...
With his batting stance his strick zone was about 2 inches. All around he was the best player I ever saw
Ricky is arguably top 5, if not, definitely and absolutely top 10. His intelligence was overlooked.
Todd is a class act and so is Rickey (I’ve met them both). 👍🏾⚾️
Love it. I grew up watching RIckey play, and this is so cool to hear these stories. Thanks, Todd!
Rickey was the best to ever do it. My all time favorite! Criminally underrated!
He's not underrated at all, he's the best leadoff hitter in the history of the game. All time leader in stolen bases, runs scored, 2nd in walks after Barroid Bonds, an OBP just over .400 and thrown in 297 homers.
He is not underrated, he's one of the best all time just behind Mays, Aaron, Williams, Ruth and a few others.
@@ThekiBoran facts. Guess I meant he never got that household name. other than out west and hard fans. Had 3 posters on my wall as a teen. Bo, KGJ, and Ricky. My all time fav 3, in no order. Nolan ryan is top 5 with tony gwynn.. peace..
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I'd take Henderson over Pete Rose 8 days a week.
@@ThekiBoran fugggggg yeah. Respect to Pete, he is a legend, but ricky the 🐐 on them bases
@@ThekiBoran Mays, Aaron, Ruth, Williams, Musial...Who do you want batting first?
Rickey is the reason I love baseball. I understood his greatness during his career. It seems a lot of people didn’t realize it until years after he retired. Baseball is about scoring runs and he was the greatest at doing that. Rickey didn’t need to hit home runs to take over the game. Most players, after their at bat, the focus was on the next batter. Not with Rickey, the focus was on him entirely once he was on base no matter who was at bat.
Loved Todd's Dad. Both pretty good pitchers.
This is really heavy for me to see because I remember how ticked off Todd Stottlemyre, in particular, was against Rickey and the antics of my hometown A's during the 1989 playoffs. Its really beautiful to learn they became friends.
Yeah, Rickey was godlike in the playoffs that year.
Probably why they became friends
Run Rickey Run! Canadians are so nice! This is a fun interview.
Went to a White Sox game and Rickey sat that day. I fucking cried for 4 innings. Thankful I got to see him a couple times later in his career. Once with Toronto and once with The Padres.
One of the Greatest!!
Henderson is on my short list of athletes im thankful to have got to watch play as a kid growing up.
Todd Stottlemyre had a great career. A two time (back 2 back) World Series Champ with a career winning record on the mound. He came to Toronto at the right time, in 1988 I believe, and pitched a ton of innings leading to 2 world series wins. No fear on the mound.
Really unusual perspective. Very interesting
Rickey was such a threat to steal that pitchers were afraid to anything off-speed to the plate when he was on base. RH made stars out of Dwayne Murphy and Tony Armas. Both were excellent fastball hitters and RH on base gave them a steady dose of the heater.
I wish Canada had more teams... you guys really do baseball right, you just “get” baseball and what it’s about and I wish you had more of it. Your Blue Jays are a great team BTW I’m an Oakland A’s fan and saw Ricky play a lot. He’s a coach for the A’s now and we named our field at the Coliseum the Ricky Henderson field.
That's my man thank God for him and God bless him hallelujah thank you Jesus Christ of Nazareth !!!
In 1982 Rickey hit .267 with 10HR 24doubles and a few triples. Very pedestrian right? The SAME YEAR he sets the stolen base record (130!). So why did pitchers walk him a LEAGUE LEADING 116 TIMES?!?! JUST PITCH TO HIM, YES?!?! "no were afraid of his bat so we're gonna walk him so he can steal 2nd and 3rd"
He was like a comic book character that blocked you from throwing strikes and then he puts on his FLASH cape and steals the bases!
He stole 130 in 1982, not 1983
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Talk about pricking a balloon.
Guess it's more fun being the prick, eh? Heh heh heh heh...
You little prick. 👺👺👺
Did you even see him hit? He must have had the smallest strike zone in the league! Like Todd said he was smart. Every aspect of his game was calculated. His batting "crouch" left little room for the pitchers to throw to. That is one of the reasons he got so many walks, Not to mention his eye. He could determine how he would reach base before he even stepped in the batter's box. "Ricky's gonna walk this time, Ricky's tired"
His crouched batting stance gave the pitchers a smaller strike zone, and he had a great eye at the plate...the man had the game of baseball down to a science.
@@MickLoud999 mr third person Rickey. What an original! What a character! The Lead Off Man.
Great story!
My all time favorite athlete. Frank Gore is also a favorite, and the two are very similar: not the most polished speakers, but every player says they're among the smartest to play the game.
Kirby Puckett was up to get his 2,000th hit and Rickey was playing left field at the metro dome. I believe the As had recently Reacquired him. He he was putting on a show for the fans as Puck came up he stepped off how many strides to the wall as if to say I’m robbing a home run if Kirby hits one to the wall. Same game fans though a paper airplane onto the field and Rickey threw it into the stands. I quickly grabbed it only to have some bouncer take it from me. I was probably 10 or 11 years old and would have cherished that piece of paper for the rest of my life. At least it’s a story me and my dad have together.
The man of steal
Theres a great quote of him talking about "The Entire State Building" when he left the Pads and went back to the Yankees
Hey Todd, used to buy stuff at your store as a kid in the palm springs of washington. Still have my wrastlin shoes.
Moses lake is great
@@hugme77 that would be Yakima.
Love Ricky!
Ricky was the best at convincing himself he was the best player in the world because he was the best player in the world. It's easy to convince yourself of things that are true.
True, thinking you're the best
When I was a kid Rickey hit an game winning HR in to the left field bleachers I was sitting in, wonder if it was the HR Todd mentions here.
I wouldn't have any problem if someone said to me Rickey Henderson was the best player of all time and I had to pick him with my first pick I would not have a problem with that whatsoever 😎🙋
Man I grew up wanting to play like Ricky Henderson. Him and Fred McGriff!
Crime Dog threw out the first pitch in Toronto last week. It was nice.
Nevermind Rickey Henderson, I never thought Todd Stottlemyre would be an entertaining speaker
when I played little league EVERYBODY wanted #24 to be RH. It got to the point the coach would have to take the number OUT just so we could go play baseball.
HAHAHH!!! RICKEY HENDERSON my ALL TIME FAVE. im 49 saw the entire career he was AMAZING! Dude was a run. Lead off BANG...Walk....turns into a double and/or triple cause of the stolen base....no one is touching the stolen bases record EVER nor are they gonna get homeruns from a lead off batter or lead off hrs or his walks.
the funniest story in baseball...
Stottlemyre had one of the greatest emotional outbursts in MLB history.
Todd had one of them but George Brett had the greatest lol.
Why is Val Kilmer talking about Rickey Henderson?
Ricky could turn a single into triple 😊
Is that $400K bonus check still framed and hanging on Rickey's wall?
Bro, this is a terrible way of talking about someone...basically saying yea, he sounds stupid AF, but really...he is smart
You want to know the truth ask your family
This guy seems drunk af
Geez. He's either on coke or that slide into 3rd did more than hack up his chin.
Rickey is a Fictional Character.
That was lame..they wasnt friends...you can tell
No, you can't tell, and it seemed genuine. In addition, you don't know either man, so you are only making assumptions. Bad move.
@@johnd2442 open your eyes and take some classes ..
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open your lips and kiss some asses.
@@proveallthingskjv2570 idiots like you need to stfu. You think you are smart. Learn something son.."Better to Remain Silent and Be Thought a Fool than to Speak and Remove All Doubt"
they played together in Toronto on a championship team then later in Oakland. They might not have been best friends in the world but for the two of these guys I am sure they got along well enough, at least rickey knew who he was unlike john olerud